o_holter
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| Pickup SRA - starting from a 500x microscope September 2016 updateI have gone down to a more moderate arm position, just a bit up from parallell. I have done some more microscope tests but have mainly given up on the method, for now. I took two older Lyra cartridges to a shop that claimed to... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences Thank you, Astro58go. My meaning starting this thread was to be informative for others also, not just Atlas owners. Regarding solid state or tube amplification of the Atlas, opinions differ. I suggest we focus more on what can actually help, tweak... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences Raul, my experience is different. I went from solid state to tubes, and have not looked back. It wasn't experts who told me this, it was my ears. | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences Raul - thanks, I appreciate your points in this debate, the Atlas maybe deserves better. Although my system is fairly good. Larryi - would be great to try - but if this Lyra-constructed stage is so grand, why did it go out of production? Atmaspher... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences Thanks, I agree - on some points. Raul, my s-state comparison - the stuff I lived with for a long time, learning to know its potential - included the Krell FPB600, which went far beyond my earlier s-state amps (Tandberg, Revox, Yamaha, plus lower ... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences RaulGreat, a solid-state howl in the pack!I am investigating your option right now. A solid state Riaa - Graham Slee Fanfare 3. I have also used a Musical innovations solid state preamp. I replaced it with Einstein the Tube, and have not looked ba... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences I remember when we tried to tweak a Lyra cartridge to the Souther / Clearaudio parallel arm, my audio expert friend and I, back in the early 2000s. Whatever we did, tweaking the arm, weight, azimuth and so on - even tilting the player to help it m... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences Larryi - Lyra's track well, at least from the Titan onwards - yes, this is my experience also. Even the Clavis was quite good. Generally, my Titan i experience was very good, though it is worn out (just got it confirmed by microscope at a shop). S... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences I discussed it with a main tube engineer, here in Norway, a year ago, at Gran Canaria. He told me of his "apprentice" time, at an English tube factory in the 60ies and 70ies, and how he later became a tube specialist. It is about the distortion, ... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences Drastic and Stingreen, thanks. Drastic, thanks for the info. I don't have the albums you mention. Is it a case of high dynamics or bass on the inner grooves?Raul, considering your comment earlier " I know very well your 3 tube items and the I/O is... | |
| Finally stepping into the hobby after 30 years of watching from the sidelines Hi Cottguy, I have a room ca 20 x 30 feet. After much experimenting I found out that the system plays best in the longest axis of the room. Also, fairly symmetrically placed (on one of the shorter walls). I started with solid-state and big speaker... | |
| Whats playing on your system today? Credence clearwater - Heard it through the grapewine, on Cosmos factory. Compared my 3 vinyl editions today - original, mofi and acoustic sounds rti. I prefer the rti. | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences Drastic - breakup in left channel - can you give some examples, I’d like to test this in my system also. I have heard that kind of thing before. Is it mainly on the inner part of the record? Can you check, it is associated with mistracking, inward... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences Dear all, many thanks, for your viewpoints. Who could doubt that Audiogon discussions help progress? I am grateful to you all.Please note, in my case, we are beyond the zone of obvious errors, bleed, mistrackings, and so on. The Atlas sails throug... | |
| Lyra Atlas experiences Well, I thank you both, Raul and Nandric.Some more visual checking today - now with a USB microscope. Very interesting, although so far, I haven’t been able to stabilize the setup enough to get sharp close up images of the diamond. It seems to be ... |